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Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones

jazz musician

1

Sonny Phillips

American musician

2

Richard Holmes

American organist

3

Charles Earland

jazz musician

4

Melvin Sparks

American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist

5

Bernard Purdie

American drummer

6

Leon Spencer

American jazz organist

7

Houston Person

American saxophonist

8

Hank Marr

American musician

9

Sonny Stitt

American jazz saxophonist

10

Johnny "Hammond" Smith

American organist

11

Mickey Roker

American jazz drummer

12

Herbie Lovelle

American musician and actor (1924-2009)

13

Jack McDuff

American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader

14

Idris Muhammad

American drummer

15

Shorty Rogers

American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)

16

Charles Kynard

American musician

17

Bob Bushnell

musician

18

Seldon Powell

American musician

19

Thad Jones

American jazz trumpeter

20

Don Patterson

American jazz organist

21

Jimmy Forrest

African American jazz musician

22

Billy Butler

American musician

23

Buddy Terry

American musician

24

King Curtis

American saxophonist (1934-1971)

25

David "Fathead" Newman

American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist

26

Ray Barretto

Puerto Rican jazz musician

27

Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers

jazz band

28

Jimmy Witherspoon

American jump blues singer

29

Horace Ott

American musician

30

Illinois Jacquet

American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter

31

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

American saxophonist

32

Mongo Santamaría

Cuban musician

33

King Pleasure

American singer

34

Joe Newman

American musician

35

Red Holloway

American jazz tenor saxophonist

36

Larry Young

American jazz musician

37

Jimmy Cleveland

American jazz trombonist

38

Ernie Andrews

American singer

39

Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader

40

Paul Humphrey

American musician

41

George Duvivier

American musician

42

Reuben Wilson

American jazz musician

43

Clifford Jordan

American jazz saxophone player

44

Zoot Sims

American jazz saxophonist

45

Haywood Henry

American jazz baritone saxophonist

46

Floyd Smith

American jazz guitarist

47

Matthew Gee

American musician

48

Shirley Scott

American jazz organist and recording artist

49

Osie Johnson

American jazz drummer, arranger and singer

50

Wild Bill Davis

American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger

51

Al McKibbon

American musician

52

Art Taylor

American jazz drummer

53

Charlie Persip

American jazz drummer

54

Jack Marshall

American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973)

55

Coleman Hawkins

American jazz saxophonist

56

Sonny Criss

American jazz musician

57

Lucky Thompson

American saxophonist

58

Harold Vick

American musician

59

Red Garland

American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)

60

Chuck Rainey

American bass guitar session musician

61

Stanley Turrentine

American musician

62

Dexter Gordon

American jazz tenor saxophonist

63

Mel Lewis

American musician

64

Julian Priester

American jazz trombonist

65

Frank Foster

American jazz musician and bandleader

66

Walter Booker

American jazz double-bassist

67

Charlie Rouse

American musician

68

Sam Jones

American double bassist and cellist

69

Jimmy Ponder

American guitarist

70

Stevie Woods

American singer

71

Cándido Camero

Cuban percussionist

72

Howard Roberts

American guitarist

73

Jerome Richardson

American jazz multi-instrumentalist